as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this >> gus: hundley races back and tripped up after a two-yard gain. >> charles: remember, no time-outs for ucla at all. that means first downs and sidelines for any stoppage in play. >> gus: second and eight at the 21. hundley to the sideline caught. trying to get out of bounds and can't. where do they need to go, charles, to get in fairbairn range? a flag on the play at the 13. >> charles: he made a 48-yarder last week to increase his confidence. >> referee: personal foul, roughing the passer, late hit by number 93 of the defense. 15 yards will be aed to the end of the play. first down. >> gus: costly penalty by trent murphy. >> charles: the ball is gone and he takes him to the ground. shawn hochuli is right on the call. has to throw the flag on that one, quarterback is being protected. >> gus: so first down at the 41. breathing room. no time-outs for the bruins. 1:41 to go. hundley, hundley looking, now he'll run and dive forward a

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> company is called "fancy bridal" and things are pickic up with the guidance of the business experts. they moved their production from overseas and the dresses are made at a competitive cost right down the street from their showroom new york's garment district. steven moved back to new york to work on the business together and they took our social media advice introducing their tea length dresses to a whole new audience. they just shipped their biggest order to date to a major upscale retailer. in june, we we want tomas mass where ken and julie's contract accompanying synergy total home, was bleeding money. we worked with them on their name changing it to "howl and does worth remodelers." and overhaul their website. we also highly recommended they become an llc. unfortunately, the economy in their area has not picked up and work has been sparse so they've not had the mon

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help.ut what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> watch out. there may be a hidden revenue stream for the stuff that you're throwing out in the trash. here's an example. there's a company which makes, as you can imagine, billiard tables. as a by-product of that he had saw duft all over his workshop. he used to throw that saw duft out. now he takes that saw dust out and turns it into pellets and that accounts for 40% of his revenue. that's what you should do. take the stuff you're throwing oat, do an internet search. tip number 11. find a market for the stuff you're throwing out. >>> with the holiday season upon us, we know how difficult it can be to choose the right gift to gift to your right business and co-workers. what better way for a small business owner to sep bright the holidays than by giving those people important to your company presents made by other small business owners. kol le colleen debase came with a

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> over the past year our small business makeover team swooped in and helped some very unusual company, all in need of helping a company grow or struggle with a problem. we checked back with all of them to find out. ♪ are you ready for a new sensation ♪ >> back in march we visited with jeff and steven. they were considering shutting down their wedding dress business called fancy new york. sales were disappointing. our makeover team had a lot of suggestions. one of the biggest, a name change. the company's now called fancy bridle and things are picking up with the guidance of the business experts. the brothers moved their production from overseas. the dresses are now made at a competitive cost right down the street from their showroom in new york's garment industry. steven who was living abroad moved back to new york so they could work on the business together. they also to

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help.might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> don't be a scrooge. 'tis the season to help others. today's elevator pitcher hopes that her message is worth silver and goal. >> hi, there. >> hi. >> i'm chris whitenberg called "be good to people." after a rude experience i decided to put be good to people on a shirt, and now it is traveling all over the world inspiring kindness where it goes. people absolutely love be good to people. our customers make repeat customers and become evangelists for us. today, i want to ask for $300,000 in funding, because we want to take it to another level. we have been in retail sales and farmer's markets and we want to go further. for this our investors can expect a 30% return over two-year period and we will use it to increase the marketing and web social media presence and valuable p.r. and product development and product inventory. >> chris, nice job. i did not mean to interrupt you. >> did

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> watch out. there may be a hidden revenue stream for the stuff you are throwing out in the trash. valerio has a company that makes billiard tables. he had sawdust all over his workshop. he used to throw that out. now, he takes it and turns it into pellets and that accounts for 40% of his revenue. so this is what you should do. take a look around. see what kinds of stuff you are throwing out and go do an internet search and see if anybody out there wants to buy it. it's your business, tip number 11, find a market for the stuff you are throwing out. >>> with the holiday season upon us, with he know how difficult it can be to choose the right gift to give to your best the clients and coworkers. this year, santa is not the only one making lists and checking them twice. what better way for a small business owner to celebrate the holidays than by giving those people import

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> a few years ago i was here at pilates on fifth and a woman walked in and said to the receptionist who said have you ever tried pilates or cardiolates? i thought that was interesting. she didn't say we don't have yoga and the woman ended up signing up for a cardiolates program. later that afternoon i asked them. they said, oh, yeah, that is completely by design. we tell our employees never say no because if you can get around saying no you can recruit a potential client. so it's "your business" tip number 109, never say no to a potential customer skbloo as we saw earlier, ericka hall may be getting more help than she's expected. watch now as the "your business" team of experts gives her the tools she needs to take control of her business. it's morning at abbey's lantern hill inn. and erica is showing mike her delicious secret to her french toast. >> so it takes about

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> as we saw earlier in the show, steven and greg, the owners of a bridal design company fancy new york need some help. when we left their offices that first day, we left them with a lot to think about, a new name, a new manufacturing strategy, new marketing ideas, be but we also had one more surprise for them. take a look.but we also had one more surprise for them. take a look.but we also had one more surprise for them. take a look.ut we also had one more surprise for them. take a look. >> you look great. >> you do, too. >> so dwrukd aboyou talked abou go to at lo of events but you are on the outside. well, tonight, you are on the inside. when they started their business they had few contacts in the fashion industry to help them and we decided to change that by asking nanette la poore who has been very involved in new york garment district. >> nice to meet you. >> ama

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> senator mike crapo is apologizing for his drunk driving arrest. he said, quoetd, i'm deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance. i made a mistake for which i apologize to my family, my idaho constituents and any others who have put their trust in me. i accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this penalty and ensure that this circumstance is never repeated. crapo's blood alcohol level just over .1 and released on a $1,000 bond and scheduled to return to court january 4th. >>> former president george h.w. bush might be spedding the holiday in the hospital. the 41st president admitted to the hospital late last month with a bronchitis-like cough. doctors thought he would be home in time for christmas. >>> ted kennedy jr. is not running for the u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. he did not want to uproot his fa

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> and developing news on a story we've been following here for days args spokesman for former president george h.w. bush is telling nbc news doctors have seen a, quote, slight improvement in his condition. this morning, joining me from houston on the latest on the 41st president's health. little bit of good news, charles. >> reporter: certainly is, luke, i spoke with a spokesman for the bush family that doctors are seeing a slight improvement, his fever is now gone, but the 88-year-old former president remains at methodist hospital here in houston, where he's been before thanksgiving, suffering from a chronic cough. doctors remain cautiously optimistic that he will make a recovery, despite the recent setback of fever and weakness. he is getting a lot of family support, though. barbara bush visits twice a day. yesterday neil bush and his family visited for christmas, a

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> the rancor over the fiscal cliff negotiations may make it seem like the two parties don't get along. the capitol hill isn't always consumed by political bickering. that's a point senator kay bailey hutchison made to her farewell speech to the senate just yesterday. >> while we may disagree politically and air our opposition in this chamber it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and defines our relationships. i will leave the senate knowing i have worked with men and women of great patriotism, intellect and heart from both sides of the aisle. >> joining me now is the retiring senior senator from texas, republican kay bailey hutchison. senator, i have to say, i think that you are only speaking for the united states senate today. that may be true. i don't feel like i see that in the white house or the house right now. that there really does seem to be mo

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> we do our pledge of allegiance at 9:10 and then five minutes later the doors are locked. all the doors in -- going around the whole building. and then when people come, they have to buzz -- there's a camera. they push a button. buzzes in the office and we buzz them in. we have different kinds of drills. you know? i mean, not in addition to fire drills and high wind drills and lockdown drills and evacuation drills. so we have -- we have done it. we have been doing it. >> that was sandy hook elementary nurse sarah cox on "60 minutes" last night talking about the security measures at the school. by accounts like hers, it's a school that seemingly did a lot of things right from locked doors to emergency drills and heroes, teachers, principal, students and yet today we begin burying the first of 26 victims so as kids head back to school, what can kids and parents do to k

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help.you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> we are back live in newtown, connecticut, where just moments ago at newtown high school, where the president was yesterday, we saw the most heartrending scene, a parent bringing a toddler to a makeshift memorial that has come up and that child placing flowers at the scene. it's been repeated all across this town over the last three days. we will have much more for you on this tragedy coming up. >>> in the meantime, back in washington, for the first time in the fiscal cliff talks, sources tell nbc news that president obama and speaker boehner are now, quote, in the ballpark. the big breakthrough came when speaker boehner offered to raise income tax rates on the highest earners, those making $1 million a year. boehner also offered to take the debt ceiling fight off the table for a year. let's bring in democratic strategist chris and republican strategist david winston. chris, c

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help.expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning. i'm chris jansing. could a secret meeting seal the deal when it comes to the fiscal cliff? well, president obama and speaker boehner met one on one at the white house last night. it was the first time in almost a month. neither side is talking about what happened. but today president obama continues his public campaign to pressure republicans to give on

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> the world of news didn't slow down for the holiday weekend. it rathir decided to spin on its axis at about three times its normal rate. god grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference. that of course is the serenity prayer, or one well-known version of it, at least, and that prayer is what republican house speaker john boehner reportedly recited to the republicans in congress last night after they defied him and rejected their own party's plan and decided to leave washington rather than participate in making policy to stop the bush tax rates from expiring at the end of the year and the giant spending cuts that have been slated to kick in at the same time. they just left. and as they were set to leave, john boehner stood before them and asked for help from god. then today jo

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning. i'm chris jansing. are the fiscal cliff talks stalled again? it looked like there was progress earlier this week, but now president obama and john boehner haven't talked since monday. yesterday the speaker unveiled what he's calling plan b, extend tax cuts for everyone, making under a million dollars, just in case they don't reach a deal. is he really worried they can't agree, or is he using this for leverage to cut a better deal than the $400,000 the president is offering? regardless, right now, it seems like there is still chance for them to work together. especially after the tragedy at sandy hook elementary. >> to the extent that an event like that, as tragic as it is, brings us a little closer together, both in the nation and in washington, that would be a good thing. >> i continue to have hope that we can reach an agreement. it's not a time to pu

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> you don't have to live in oregon to be shaken by the shooting at a crowded mall that killed two shoppers. a third is badly injured. 10,000 people were inside shopping just two weeks before christmas. it was a terrifying experience as the shooter, dressed in black and wearing a mask, sprayed dozens of bullets and then killed himself. this mass shooting may once again ignite a conversation about gun control, a conversation that new york city mayor michael bloomberg has been pushing for years. he has highlighted in the latest issue of "new york" magazine. let me bring in chris smith, contributing editor for the magazine, who wrote this piece. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you can see on the cover, this whole thing is sort of really about why new yorkers love new york, why we love new york. number 20 was because our mayor isn't afraid of gun control. woul

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. maddow show."to be full of news including big news out of the supreme court. things out of the middle east. one of the coolest pictures ever having a big revival. but we begin with important news out of washington. for all the squabbling politicians and the whining pundits, we can announce to you tonight, right here, right now, there's a budget deal that's becoming clear. our long national nightmare might almost, and i repeat, it's washington, almost be over. this is kind of like one of those kids games where you have to look at a picture that looks like nonsense until your eyes filter out the garbage and you can finally see the sailboat. that's what's going on in washington. you have to filter out the garbage. take yesterday for example. i don't tune into c-span2 for comedy, just because it's good television. but the senate was being hilarious about the debt ceiling, w

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> we are just getting new information in from nbc's pete williams. he reports that two officials, federal and state, say initial reports indicate many children at the school were shot. perhaps at least 20. chris jansing is standing by, but, first, let's go take a listen to the press conference happening now. >> we offer our heart felt sympathies to all those who have been affected by this tragic shooting. we have received three victims of that shooting. we are actively providing care and support to all those who have come here. the e.p.a. is currently under lockdown, and the reason for that is really out of an abundance of caution. we want to be sure that we allow the e.d. team to focus on the work at hand. there will be -- i'm told that there will be a press conference at 1:00 from the state police out in newtown, and to the extent that there is further information,

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> to the people of newtown, we are with you in the days, weeks, and months ahead. that was the word today from ron barber, who was shot and wounded in the mass shooting in tucson last year that killed six people and wounded 13, including the grievous wounding of congresswoman gabby giffords. ron barber, who took gabby giffords' seat in congress after she stepped down to deal with her injuries. he said today, "as those of us in tucson know, senseless acts such as these tear at the very fabric of a community." mark kelly, gabby giffords' husband said today, "i just spoke with gabby, and she sends her prayers from tucson." in oak creek, wisconsin, where four months ago there was another mass shooting at a sikh temple, another six people gunned down at that temple. a school superintendent there today told the local press that she cried when she heard the news out of newto

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help.ct, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> the vice president makes the record books and that's no mularkey. >> this is a bunch of stuff. here's the deal. >> what does that mean, a bunch of stuff? >> it's irish. >> it is. we irish call it malarkey. >> thanks for the translation. >> i heard that word growing up. that word malarkey set a record in online look-ups in 24-hour period. it did say the search for malarkey spiked by 3,000%. from malarkey to lunacy, the house voted yesterday on a bill that removes the word lunatic from federal law. the bill passed by a vote of 397-1. the term lunacy is considered offensive and outdated. who was the one lone holdout and why? congressman gomer, republican from texas. he says the word has application around washington, d.c., and he does have a point. so if the fiscal cliff talks were happening in texas, there would be lots of talk of the two-step, but they are not. former president clinton describi

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> this just in. house speaker john boehner expected to take the floor at noneastern time to talk about where negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff stand. for the first time in a while the president has no public events today. on his agenda he has spent the last few weeks as you know on this relentless pr campaign to talk about it. and his lack of a tuesday to do list adds punch to reports like this one in the "wall street journal" with the headline talks take positive turn. >> john boehner, sitting down with the president, seems these two men are getting the job done, from what we hear. >> it is the serious business because they've got to come to a framework at the end of this week if they're going to get it written in time and passed in time so they all don't have to spend christmas in washington. >> that's right,er. wants to get out of town for the holidays.

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> do you remember the color-coded alert system we used to have? remember that? tom ridge announced the exist tense of our national color-coded be afraid alert chart about a decade ago. we could tell at a glance how alert we were supposed to feel. and if you didn't feel like glancing at the be alert chart, at least a at the airport they would read periodic recorded statements over the intercom telling you out loud that today's threat level was orange. the threat level was always orange at the airport no matter what else was going on in the country. we don't do that anymore. we don't do that. we got rid of the chart thing last year and nobody complained. we also no longer have this. this is the google street view of one of the secret prisons we used to have in romania. the associated press did an overhead satellite view so you could see just how snugged up our secret pr

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. rachel's got the night off, but we learned something huge today. we are going over the fiscal cliff. we are going either all the way over or going partly over, but we are definitely, definitely going over. that whole fiscal cliff thing, where congress and the white house can't reach a deal on taxes and spending before the end of the year and they maybe get us into a recession, it's definitely happening. that was the whole point of president obama's press conference this afternoon. >> i still want to get this done. it's the right thing to do for our families, for our businesses, and for our entire economy. but the hour for immediate action is here. it is now. >> allow me a quick update here. that press conference, it came after president obama met with john boehner and nancy pelosi and harry reid and mitch mcconnell, so all the key congressional leaders. and listen to th

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as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning from new york. i'm steve in for chris hayes who will appear later in the program interviewing dan savage. it's about dan's marriage in washington state. they are one of the couples getting married there. after voters extended marriage rights to same-sex couples by popular vote last month. we have david johnston, the author of "fine print." he's a pulitzer prize winning tax writer at new york times and now at the college of law. we have the president and ceo of the center of american progress who served in the obama and clinton administrations, policy director of hillary clinton's campaign. laura flanders, founder of grittv.com. the editor of salon.com and the woman who hired me two years ago. thanks, as always for that. >> of course. >> anyway, on friday afternoon, house speaker john boehner attempted to paint a picture of white house negotiations and h

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning from new york. i'm chris hayes. the associated press is reporting egypt's top court is expected to rule on the new constitution after thousands of morsi supporters showed up to protest outside the court. killing three afghan soldiers and three civilians. right now, i want to start with the story of the week. the tax man cometh. the main thing between president obama and congress over the fiscal curb is the unraveling of the con sen sense. glover nor quis managed to get every single republican running for office from school boards up to president, signing a pledge that reads, i pledge to taxpayers to one, oppose any and all efforts to increase the income tax rates for individuals and or businesses and two, oppose any net reduction or elimination of reductions in credits unless matched dollar for dollar. his pledge has been useful to the republican party

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning from new york. i'm in for chris hayes. >>> a spokesman for george h.w. bush says his condition has improved and he's moved from intensive care back to a regular room at methodist hospital in houston. >>> members of congress are scrambling to beat the january 1st deadline to avert a broad package of spending cuts and the expiration of all the bush tax cuts. the latest in just a moment. right now, i'm joined by jamelle buoy. a staff writer for the american prospect magazine and "washington post" reporter, suzy kim. kevin williamson, dep deputy mag editor and a nonprofit group that advocates for social and economic equality. we're one day away from what most media are calling the fiscal cliff. if political concoction enacted by congress to frighten itself into passing deficit reduction measures which means unless congress acts in the next 48 hours the bush

as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> good morning from thork. i'm chris he's. >>> egypt's new constitution appears headed towards the approval despite objections from opposition groups official ru89s are expect on monday. >>> and ted kennedy jr. is considering a run for the senate seat that will become vacant if senator john kerry is confirmed as the next secretary of state. i'm joined by former democratic governor of new jersey, james florio. and heidi moore. finance and editor of "the guardian newspapers. and dean baker, author of "the end of loser liberalism, making markets progressive." codirector of the center for economic and policy research. so, after at least after a dozen different public offers, countless press conferences and weeks of closed car door talks lawmakers in washington left town for the holidays on friday without an agreement to avert what we're calling the fiscal curb. a series o

american express. >> and he's on the president's jobs committee. a very active member. runs american express. he is an choice because he is not quite a wall street firm. but i will point of this, american express took belau money. liz: yes. with a one that was asked to? >> goldman says that they were asked to take it. everybody knows. liz: let's just market here. up about three-quarters of a percent. we will see if that moves at all. he has run this company for many years. buffett is a huge fan of his in the gigantic shareholder. one of the most brilliant branding experts ever to hit the base of the earth. >> i'm not above the fan. i take it for what it's worth. and now he's a great investor. i don't think he knows a little about politics. i don't think -- liz: he's endorsing him. and just saying. >> she is involved in politics all the time. liz: let's make this about -- >> but when you bring of choices . >> here's the thing. why? i doubt it the minute you bring up buffett because buffett, who knows what dagen is blank. liz: i'm just saying, as a branding expert. >> that's what we need, branding exper